Magpie??

To: carolinabirds@duke.edu

Subject: Magpie??

From: Russ Palmeri <rpalmeri@mindspring.com>

Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2001 15:21:42 -0500

Sender: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu

While driving home up Cedar Mountain Road (Butler Mountain, outside
Asheville) my wife and I had a BRIEF glimpse of a crow-sized bird who
promptly left its tree and flew out of sight. It showed us white wing
patches on the TOP of the wings (so not a pileated woodpecker- we
have a pair that live up higher on the mountain, and of course they
look like crows but have a red head and a white patch on the
undersurface of the wings.)
I'm a beginning birder, so any help here would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Russ Palmeri
Also thanks to all those who recommended AviSys as a birding program.
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Russ Palmeri
Asheville, NC
rpalmeri@mindspring.com